From January 6-21, the Seminole Laborious Rock Hollywood in South Florida performed host to the 2026 Fortunate Hearts Poker Open (LHPO), a 57-event collection that catered to a mixed 13,555 entries and awarded $12,130,235 in prize cash.
PokerNews already recapped Giuseppe Iadisernia taking down the World Poker Tour (WPT) LHPO for $611,700, which you’ll be able to learn right here. Do you know Iadisernia completed runner-up within the Excessive Curler for $187,700? Extra on that beneath.
One other attention-grabbing story was that of Michael Taraf, who bookended the competition. First, he topped a area of 736 runners to win Occasion #1: $300 Slater Scoops Quad Stack NLH for $23,260, after which two weeks later, bested a 309-entry area to win the final match, Occasion #58: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH, for $9,425.
There have been two different two-time winners through the collection, together with Ryan Hoenig, who navigated a 96-entry area to win Occasion #26: $600 Six-Max PLO8 for $15,200 and 5 days later emerged victorious in Occasion #53: $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO for $22,055.
The opposite two-time winner was Joseph Olivieri, who gained Occasion #23: $600 S.O.R.B.E.T. for $9,450 and Occasion #37: $400 H.O.R.S.E. for $7,490.
Right here’s a have a look at another notable winners from the collection.
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On January 11, Occasion #17: $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO attracted 122 runners and noticed poker professional Yuval Bronshtein win his record-breaking sixteenth SHRP Main Sequence trophy, which broke a tie Raminder Singh – no less than for six days.
That’s as a result of Singh topped a area of 101 entries to win Occasion #42: $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO for $7,015 and his record-tying sixteenth title.
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Thomas Boivin Wins Excessive Curler
On January 15, Occasion #34: $25,500 Excessive Curler NLH attracted 28 runners and awarded a $691,600 prize pool that was paid out to the highest 4 finishers. That included Manuel Fritz (4th – $76,075) and Anatoly Niktin (third – $117,570), however finally it was Thomas Boivin besting Giuseppe Iadisernia in heads-up play to win the title and $310,255 prime prize.
It marked Boivin’s third SHR title, although his first on the LHPO. He beforehand gained the 2023 Showdown $25K Excessive Curler for $711,300 and two years later the 2025 Showdown $10K Six-Max for $271,600.
Justin Saliba’s $236K Rating
From January 18-19, Occasion #46: $10,000 Deep Stack NLH performed out. The match drew 72 runners and awarded a $684,000 prize pool, which was greater than the $500K assure. The ultimate desk of 9 gamers made the cash and included Stoyan Madanzhiev (eighth – $27,360) and Matt Lambrecht (third – $83,790).
Ultimately, Justin Saliba defeated Zach Brunch in heads-up play to win the match for $236,925.
Occasion #46 Last Desk Outcomes
1Justin Saliba$236,925
2Zach Bruch$136,800
3Matt Lambrecht$83,790
4Filipp Khavin$61,125
5Qing Lu$46,170
6David McGowan$37,110
7Manuel Fritz$30,780
8Stoyan Madanzhiev$27,360
9Eli Berg$23,940
2026 Fortunate Hearts Poker Open Winners
1/6/26Event #1: $300 Slater Scoops Quad Stack NLH736$184,000Michael Tarafa$23,260
Jan. 7-12Event #2: $600 Deep Stack NLH3,586$2,000,000Justin Datloff$232,848
1/7/26Event #3: $400 Seniors 50+ NLH252$83,160Jeffrey Homer$18,100
1/7/26Event #4: $600 Deep Stack Massive O124$64,480Jean Laurent$13,730
1/7/26Event #5: $400 Quad Stack NLH/PLO105$34,650Mikhail Chykiliov$10,360
1/8/26Event #6: $400 Restrict Omaha 882$27,060Jonathan Moschel$7,367
1/8/26Event #7: $800 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO84$59,220Ron Jacobowitz$19,000
1/8/26Event #8: $400 Triple Stack Six-Max Black Chip Bounty NLH129$29,670Yevgeniy Kluyenko$7,945
1/8/26Event #9: $600 Deep Stack Turbo PLO28$14,560Vito Lu$6,545
1/9/26Event #10: $1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO71$54,670Marc Geissel$19,015
1/9/26Event #11: $600 TORSE66$34,320Daniel Barlin$11,980
1/9/26Event #12: $400 Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH112$25,760Tanner Martinelli$7,660
1/10/26Event #13: $600 Deep Stack Combined PLO108$56,160Grant Hart$16,835
Jan. 10-13Event #14: $1,100 Platinum Stack NLH608$589,760Benjamin Moschel$63,853
1/11/26Event #15: $400 Deep Stack NLH466$153,780Benjamin Schneider$17,530
1/11/26Event #16: $600 Combined Triple Draw47$24,440Elias Nassif$9,520
1/11/26Event #17: $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO122$40,260Yuval Bronshtein$9,710
1/11/26Event #18: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH241$36,150Bret Grebow$4,424
1/12/26Event #19: $600 Seniors 50+ Black Chip Bounty NLH124$52,080Gregory Spinder$14,725
1/12/26Event #20: $600 10-Recreation Mix57$29,640Pawel Andrzejewski$10,660
Jan. 12-15Event #21: $400 Deep Stack NLH1,009$332,970Darin Utley$38,311
1/12/26Event #22: $600 Six-Max Black Chip Bounty PLO105$44,100Guy Hayun$12,810
1/13/26Event #23: $600 S.O.R.B.E.T.47$24,440Joseph Olivieri$9,450
1/13/26Event #24: $600 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO105$54,600Miguelangel Salvador$11,379
1/13/26Event #25: $1,700 Deep Stack Progressive Bounty NLH107$117,700Alex Yen$26,790
1/14/26Event #26: $600 Six-Max PLO896$49,920Ryan Hoenig$15,200
Jan. 14-15Event #27: $2,200 Deep Stack NLH108$216,000Asher Neaman$47,000
Jan. 14-16Event #28: $800 Deep Stack PLO218$153,690Phuoc Vo$33,730
1/14/26Event #29: $600 Triple Stud39$20,280Broc Kuerzi$8,305
1/14/26Event #30: $300 Quad Stack Double Inexperienced Chip Bounty NLH165$33,000Ashok Panchumarthi$8,770
1/14/26Event #31: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH46$46,000Scott Bohlman$17,940
1/15/26Event #32: $600 2-7 Combined Limits36$18,720Sam Spira$7,670
Jan. 15-16Event #33: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH180$174,600Karanvir Singh$40,520
1/15/26Event #34: $25,500 Excessive Curler NLH28$691,600Thomas Boivin$310,255
1/15/26Event #35: $600 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH140$72,800Eric Bunch$19,670
Jan. 16-21Event #36: $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship1,229$3,932,800Giuseppe Iadisernia$611,700
1/16/26Event #37: $400 HORSE65$21,450Joseph Olivieri$7,490
1/16/26Event #38: $1,100 Progressive Bounty 5-Card PLO30$23,100Bulat Khusainov$10,200
1/16/26Event #39: $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH143$32,890Carlos Bermudez$8,990
1/17/26Event #40: $600 Restrict Omaha 860$31,200Bobby Leff$9,861
1/17/26Event #41: $400 Deep Stack NLH134$50,000Roberto Mora Rojas$9,664
1/17/26Event #42: $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO101$23,230Raminder Singh$7,015
1/17/26Event #43: $300 WPT Wildcard Lightning Stack124$31,000Wendy Horan$5,671
1/18/26Event #44: $400 Deep Stack NLH382$126,060Andreas Ioakimides$24,200
1/18/26Event #45: $1,100 Deep Stack Combined PLO106$102,820Aleksey Filatov$21,376
Jan. 18-19Event #46: $10,000 Deep Stack NLH72$684,000Justin Saliba$236,925
Jan. 18-19Event #47: $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH91$136,500Elisha Maarek$28,870
1/18/26Event #48: $600 Badugi34$17,680Benjamin Goldstein$7,340
Jan. 18-20Event #49: $800 Deep Stack NLH441$310,905James Anderson$54,305
Jan. 19-20Event #50: $1,700 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ NLH74$111,000Brian Brunner$37,480
1/19/26Event #51: $600 10-Recreation Mix51$26,520Kris Lord$9,800
Occasion #52: $25,500 Excessive Curler Six-Max NLH Cancelled
1/19/26Event #53: $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO65$62,050Ryan Hoenig$22,055
1/19/26Event #54: $300 Quad Stack NLH98$24,500Rebecca Trianosky$7,200
1/20/26Event #55: $400 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH160$52,800Daniel Vranich$13,680
1/20/26Event #56: $5,000 Deep Stack 8-Handed NLH117$549,900Randall Emmett$141,300
1/20/26Event #57: $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO92$89,240Antoine Sankari$19,896
1/20/26Event #58: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH309$46,350Michael Tarafa$9,425
The MSPT 2026 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
For Season 17 of the Main Sequence of Poker: The Tour (MSPT), a particular occasion will happen in November!
The MSPT just lately introduced that each Predominant Occasion winner in 2026 will obtain a seat into the $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD MSPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) on the Seminole Laborious Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The MSPT Championship, which can provide 1.5X Participant of the Yr factors, might be part of the bigger RRPO competition that may run from Nov. 18—Dec 2, with the total schedule to be launched sooner or later.
It marks the primary time the MSPT and Seminole Laborious Rock, two of probably the most revered manufacturers in poker, have joined forces, although the RRPO has a robust historical past in South Florida relationship again to November 2013. It is likely one of the 4 foremost collection operated by the Seminole Laborious Rock alongside the Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Open (SHRPO), Fortunate Hearts Poker Open, and Seminole Laborious Rock Poker Showdown.
“It’s an excellent honor for the MSPT to companion with the Seminole Laborious Rock for what’s positive to be one of many largest occasions of the 12 months,” MSPT President Bryan Mileski informed PokerNews. “The RRPO has a wealthy historical past, and we stay up for carrying it ahead by bringing all of the MSPT Season 17 champions right down to South Florida.”
Previously, the RRPO has been part of the World Poker Tour (WPT), however this 12 months it strikes over to the MSPT. In 2025, Kevin Nee topped a area of 437 runners to win the WPT RRPO Championship for $605,100.
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